brickyard

[ brik-yahrd ]

noun

1. a place where bricks are made, stored, or sold.

brickyard

/ ˈbrɪkˌjɑːd /

noun

1. a place in which bricks are made, stored, or sold

Word History and Origins

Origin of brickyard¹

An Americanism dating back to 1725–35; brick + yard ²

Example Sentences

A later division crept in among the "dovetailers" themselves when a brickyard was opened.

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She was already whistling for the crossing above Kattersmith's brickyard when we arrived, moving in force.

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He had seen Ike's face when the messenger had come for him at the brickyard, and the memory of it was like a knife at his heart.

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The tops of the trees are cut into wood and used at the brickyard.

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Not immortal Caesar dead and turned to clay could have looked more claylike, for Jimmy looked like a whole brickyard.

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